at the Moscow Youth Festival of Circus Arts Medal winner at the Circus Festival in the city of Ivanovo Winner at the Festival of arts and sports Golden Lily Kiev, 27 Oct 2007 Special Jury Prize - "Dancing Rubber" Sixth Moscow International Youth Festival of Circus Arts 2007 Winner of a gold medal at the VII Youth Delphic Games of Russia, Novosibirsk, May 2008. Absolute winner in the "Circus" category Third place - Second World Delphic Games Saratov, Russia. Circus - Age group 10–30, 19–25 September 2008 Silver Medal at 8th China Wuhan International Acrobatics Art Festival, Hubei Province, China, 26 Oct 2008 Youngest participant in the III Festival of Circus and Arts, Ishevsk, Russia, March 2010 Television appearances A documentary program about him was made for Russian television channel REN-TV, in 2003, when he was aged nine. In late 2007 Alexey took part in the very popular and influential TV talent competition:- Минута Славы, or Minuta Slavy - "A Minute Of Fame". It's the Russian show from the "Got Talent" franchise. This was the event that made him a household name throughout his country, and brought him to the attention of many abroad as well. In the first round he performed a ballet and contortion routine: The Swan. The musical accompaniment was Ave Maria by Charles Gounod, played on wine glasses, crystal xylophone and bass guitar by the St. Petersburg trio Crystal Harmony. There was a very enthusiastic response from the audience, and he won easily. In the second round the act was: Sun God, based on a classical Indian dance. Alexey's elaborate costume was designed to look as though it was made from gold and jewels. The music was a recorded version of Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega. Again there was an ecstatic response from the audience, and again he won the round. In the third round Alexey performed Obsession, his trademark contortion act using two folding chairs. The audience loved it, the judges apparently did not, and the eventual winner of the competition was Dmitry Bulkin, with his acrobatic performance on a vertical pole. There was a complaint by Rodin that Bulkin had misled the organizers of the competition, by claiming to be an amateur, and a car mechanic by trade, when he had actually performed in the Cirque du Soleil, and other prestigious circuses. In February 2010 he took part in the Channel TF1